eFunda and CSSINFO Launch eFunda Online Store; ``Engineering Fundamentals'' Web site Now Offers Key Industry Standards and Technical Books

Business Wire, July 5, 2000

Business Editors

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000

eFunda, Inc. (www.efunda.com) and CSSINFO (www.cssinfo.com) today announced a new partnership to provide eFunda visitors with online access to one of the world's largest collections of industry standards and technical books.

The CSSINFO database offers over 450,000 items including books, standards, and training materials. Over 20,000 standards are downloadable in PDF format. Through a specially developed, fully customized, and easy-to-navigate interface called an Infoport, visitors to eFunda's Web site can search CSSINFO's catalog and place online orders for any featured items.

"We are extremely excited about this new relationship," said Cheng Wu, President and CEO of eFunda. "eFunda's goal is to provide engineers with much-needed tools and data for their daily work. Standards is one of the missing links in our offering." With the launch of the Infoport, eFunda's audience has a convenient place to buy Standards and Codes from hundreds of publishers, and an integrated environment in which to purchase technical publications.

Andrew Bank, Vice President of CSSINFO said, "eFunda's online reference collection attracts the ideal audience for our technical information content. We are pleased to partner with eFunda to broaden access to critical standards, books and training and to be a part of another fast-growing community of engineering professionals."

About eFunda

eFunda, an abbreviation for "engineering fundamentals," offers a broad spectrum of online references for practicing engineers through its website (www.efunda.com). Its goal is to integrate the daily activities of engineers with their R&D related purchases. eFunda is applicable at the early stage of an R&D project, serving as a one-stop shop for the engineers' referencing and sourcing needs. Vendors rely on eFunda to secure business for production by having their products designed-in during early development stages.

About CSSINFO

CSSINFO is a technical information clearinghouse offering technical books, industry standards, and professional training materials from over 500 different publishers worldwide. Their Web site (www.cssinfo.com) serves engineers, scientists, and corporate librarians in over 60 countries. In partnership with industry associations, technical publishers, and vertical online communities, CSSINFO combines its backend technology with customized designs to create powerful e-commerce delivery systems that increase revenue and broaden exposure.